Telomere 3' 3' 5' Eukaryotic chromosome Binding: Telomerase binds to the 3' overhang reglon. Repeat unit -TTAGGGTTAGGGTTAGGGTTAGGG 3 CCCAAUCCC - AATCCCAAT RNA 3' Polymerization: Telomerase synthesizes a 6-nucleotide repeat. Telomerase -TTAGGGTTAGGGTTAGGGTTAGGGTTAG CCCAAUCCC – AATCCCAAT Translocation: Telomerase moves 6 nucleotides to the right and begins to make another repeat |-TTAGGGTTAGGGTTAGGGTTAGGGTTAGGG CCCAAU CCC AATCCCAAT The complementary strand is mado by primase, DNA polymerase, and ligase. -TTAGGGTTAGGGTTAGGGTTAGG GTTAGGGTTAGGG 3' AATCCCAATCCCAATCCCAATCCCAAUCCCAAU RNA primer

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As shown, telomerase attaches additional DNA, six nucleotides at a time, to the ends of eukaryotic chromosomes. However, it makes only one DNA strand. Describe how the opposite strand is replicated.

Telomere
3'
3'
5'
Eukaryotic
chromosome
Binding: Telomerase
binds to the 3' overhang
reglon.
Repeat unit
-TTAGGGTTAGGGTTAGGGTTAGGG 3
CCCAAUCCC
- AATCCCAAT
RNA
3'
Polymerization: Telomerase
synthesizes a 6-nucleotide repeat.
Telomerase
-TTAGGGTTAGGGTTAGGGTTAGGGTTAG
CCCAAUCCC
– AATCCCAAT
Translocation: Telomerase
moves 6 nucleotides to the right
and begins to make another repeat
|-TTAGGGTTAGGGTTAGGGTTAGGGTTAGGG
CCCAAU CCC
AATCCCAAT
The complementary
strand is mado by primase,
DNA polymerase, and ligase.
-TTAGGGTTAGGGTTAGGGTTAGG GTTAGGGTTAGGG 3'
AATCCCAATCCCAATCCCAATCCCAAUCCCAAU
RNA primer
Transcribed Image Text:Telomere 3' 3' 5' Eukaryotic chromosome Binding: Telomerase binds to the 3' overhang reglon. Repeat unit -TTAGGGTTAGGGTTAGGGTTAGGG 3 CCCAAUCCC - AATCCCAAT RNA 3' Polymerization: Telomerase synthesizes a 6-nucleotide repeat. Telomerase -TTAGGGTTAGGGTTAGGGTTAGGGTTAG CCCAAUCCC – AATCCCAAT Translocation: Telomerase moves 6 nucleotides to the right and begins to make another repeat |-TTAGGGTTAGGGTTAGGGTTAGGGTTAGGG CCCAAU CCC AATCCCAAT The complementary strand is mado by primase, DNA polymerase, and ligase. -TTAGGGTTAGGGTTAGGGTTAGG GTTAGGGTTAGGG 3' AATCCCAATCCCAATCCCAATCCCAAUCCCAAU RNA primer
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